“It’s important for the young people to see us as real people like they are,” said Ray Godfrey, a firefighter with the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority. This is the fifth year of the Battle of the Badges, an annual softball game between DFRA and Durango Police Department. Godfrey said this year the event will benefit the Special Olympics and the 100 Club of Durango. According to DFRA’s Twitter account: “With no shots fired, Dgo Fire Rescue “SMOKES” the Dgo PD 17-4 Thanks Dgo for all your support for the One Hundred Club and Special Olympics
Myndee Thompson, left, a junior exercise science major at Fort Lewis College, and Richard Siegele head to first base in a softball game that proceeded the Battle of the Badges, which pitted the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority against the Durango Police Department, on Saturday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Proceeds from both games will benefit Special Olympics and the 100 Club of Durango.
